How much do Sailors and Marine Oilers make in Corpus Christi, TX?

Percentile spread

For Sailors and Marine Oilers, the published 10th percentile is $39,000 and the 90th percentile is $68,010. The difference is $29,010, which is 65.2% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $39,210 to the 75th at $50,060, covers $10,850.

The mean annual wage is $47,700, which sits above the median of $44,520. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Corpus Christi, TX median is 13.6% lower than the national median of $51,520 for Sailors and Marine Oilers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $48,041, which is 6.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 19.9% lower than the Texas median of $55,610.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Corpus Christi, TX is 92.671, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $44,520 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sailors and Marine Oilers at $48,041 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sailors and Marine Oilers. Corpus Christi, TX ranks 3rd of 3 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Brownsville-Harlingen, TX is 124 miles away, with a median of $65,940 and employment of 70. That median is 48.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $76,697, against $48,041 here.
• Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 181 miles away, with a median of $55,610 and employment of 3,470. That median is 24.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,383, against $48,041 here.

Employment share

Sailors and Marine Oilers accounts for 0.14% of wage-and-salary employment in Corpus Christi, TX (270 of 192,580). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (31,670 of 155,495,730). The local share is 6.88 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.